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Terrorism, regimes and rebel fighters and war make torture stories in this day and age mainstream media news. But the truth is of course people have been tortured and persecuted for their beliefs for centuries. One organisation FREEDOM FROM TORTURE refuses to deny the problem and instead help those affected held an Art Auction this month, curated by Christies. Right- Malin by Johan Anderson. Center-Untitled (JUG) Bruce Williams.Left- The second Letter- Robert Mason.  Edmund de Waal, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Michael Craig-Martin, Antony Gormley, Julian Opie, Cornelia Parker, Paula Rego and Lisa Ruyter donated pieces for auction to support Freedom from Torture’s work with survivors of torture who have fled tyrannical regimes around the world. Mayfair's Alan Cristea Gallery the largest publisher of contemporary editions and prints, also donated works by Sir Peter Blake, David Hockney and John Hoyland to be auctioned. The auction was silent and a bid...

The addictive 'Look for Longer' is back... Seriously it's so addictive and brilliant way to look at the London Underground. Find it here  It can take days and weeks to figure them all out, and this year they have the 100 club, when you've got all 100 you appear on the wall, I did it with my mum we are proudly #3735! feel free to post if you get stuck, and if I can remember what they were I'll give you a clue! Enjoy!!

So Baker Street evokes the Gerry Raferty song well for me any way, but it seems like a destination that's a simple street- a place to change tube lines, or drive through to get to somewhere, or if you're a tourist a way to get to Madam Tussauds, but theres a lot more to it than meets the eye... for example Political liberators of Latin America from Peru, a Prime Minister and famous Novelists including H.G. Wells lived on Baker Street. Two of the Beatles worked in a flat there.. theres so much more.. check out the pics... William Pitt the Younger was the UK's youngest prime minister at age 24  in 1783 William Pitt the Younger- thus called because the Elder also shared the same name and also had served as Prime Minister  of Great Britian in 1766. William Pitt the Younger served as PM a second time in 1804-1806, so it was at this time he lived here on Baker Street.  Just a little way down you can see the plaque which shows where the Beatles, John Lennon and Geor...